Extensive Homoplasy but No Evidence of Convergent Evolution of Repeat Numbers at MIRU Loci in Modern Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lineages
More human deaths have been attributable to Mycobacterium tuberculosis than any other pathogen, and the epidemic is sustained by ongoing transmission. Various typing schemes have been developed to identify strain-specific differences and track transmission dynamics in affected communities, with rece...
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Main Authors: | Alexander C. Outhred (Author), Ulziijargal Gurjav (Author), Peter Jelfs (Author), Nadine McCallum (Author), Qinning Wang (Author), Grant A. Hill-Cawthorne (Author), Ben J. Marais (Author), Vitali Sintchenko (Author) |
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